Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-10-21
VERMONT CAVALRY.


FIFTEENTH ANNUAL hEUNioN-A GOOD AT
TENDANCE AND AN INTERESTING MEETING.
The 18th reunion of the FIRST Vermont
Cavslr,. ,yas hold nj, Nonda, at ,b. r,,,,o.
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ni'ck' the use OF which was kindly tender.
eel for the occasion. About 30 members Of
the old regiment were present. A business
meeting wa. held IN fb. afternoon whom
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previous YEAR The present membership
D. about 2Uu The election ui officers was
postponed 70 the evening meeting when
choice Tor the coming year was made H. fol
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marks and on motion Il committee Of three
was chosen u confer with the state com
mission and decide in relation T. the monu-
ment
tx Gov. HolbrOok being present as one
of the invited guests was called upon for "a
few remarks In his response the old war
governor paid high tribute to the First Yer
mont calvary regiment and emphasized the
drsirahility Of having a full authentic and
separate history Of the regiment prepared
while Yet those who composed it are living
10 furnish or corroborate the facts
Lieut-Gov. Fuller followed in II FIVE min
ute speech which showed his thorough az.
probation Of the part borne in the war hv
the Vermont soldiers in general and by the
cavalry in particular.
Brief congratulatory remarks were also
made 10y Col. W. G. Holbrook and Col q
I W. Hooker.
one Of the comrades struck up the old
familiar war song, John Browns Body.
which was sung by the veterans with
zest
The secretary read letters from Comrad.
stephen 4. Clark. now of Dakota and
from Col " l. Gr..nl.af of Burliuytn,
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BURLINGTON, VI, OCT, -, 1887.
CAPTAIN II o. WHEELER, Sec'y Vermont
cavalry Association.
C0mrdde II lind that circumstance are
such a. 10 make 1t impracticahle 10 attend
the meeting at Brattleboro on the 18th inst
am sure the comrades will regret this rs
much as do, but 1t will be principally, if
not wholly ON account of my being the
present CUSTODIAN OF the FUNDS OF the socle-
" anu their regrets VIII arise from fears
for its security | therefore transmit hara-
with "A detailed statsn.rt sbo,,.i,,,, ,ha ~,
penses for the past year aud the balance on
hand
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'luO' JHnlhe Vh' s"cletN al lIs second
n,eetihs' ! nave eh'ea'ored So lar as posi-
o'' "a TIE present at every reunion ana
ASSURE you lhey nave been enjoyable gath
SIhEs 10 me As theE should he To Us all
1ie'tlIs' a. We uo' comrades whom we may
nu' nat see" since the uhy oil our muster
opI' they abound With pleasant and agree
aoie surprises, Ihen the aiter-dnner
s'p' ies Ie'Ne Ihe recolectlohS uI the days
When
i,a' ii,i nots'la MAJ, Grew ms hattr blade
H. i",p he dr,.a5f,il rsS,.Ir,.
Al least that is the y,s,. W. sI,,.,.y ell.
and no cavalryman was ever Lno,,!n =, III
a DOWNRIGHT lie unless il Is ..R.o,,,.',,o'lu
when he tries Ia make ms halisy, tLet d.,
hummer preferr,.d salt ,ort All IL III ''i'
tack 10 snrinf, cbick.p ana -.
Amid the more avciting and avil,,,.tI,
"Reminiscences of the cam, All -. .'.ie
sometimes comes mn, a f,i,t r..''1i,,,;lil
the long and drearv months tbot ~ VI
spent as guest. Of the Cof,ds.a',,, NJ 40
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